Chapter 90 - 78: A Soul Enraptured, A Heart Delighted
With the rapid economic development, Jiangning City was changing by the day. Leading the charge were various real estate developers, all sparing no effort to build the city into a place ordinary people couldn’t afford.
Shanglin Fu, the newest high-end villa complex in Jiangning City to be handed over to owners, was situated in Jiangning Riverfront Park. This location alone was enough to set it apart from other villa clusters, placing it at the very top of Jiangning’s current luxury housing market.
Su Ran decided to walk deeper into the park along the river. For one, he wanted to see the surrounding environment of the complex. For another, he wanted to feel the breeze and check if the river smelled bad.
As expected, you get what you pay for. The surroundings were impeccable, and Su Ran was quite satisfied.
He quickened his pace, walking further in. Each step brought him closer to the pinnacle of Jiangning, a place yearned for by the masses. Su Ran was on his way there, all alone.
The further he went, the more secluded and dense the winding paths became. There was a faint, fishy smell in the air—the scent carried by the SPLASHING waters of the Jiangning River.
After about ten minutes, he reached the Shanglin Fu sales office, located in the deepest part of the area.
Two Rolls-Royce Phantoms, specially arranged by the developer for show, were parked at the entrance.
It was lunchtime, so there weren’t many people in the sales office. "That President Li who came to see the houses yesterday was so handsy..." This was the kind of gossip whispered among the women there.
After all, to be a sales lady at a high-end villa complex, each one was either a total stunner or a leggy beauty.
"Shh! Stop gossiping, someone’s here. Go greet the client."
Two sales ladies stood up, adjusted their short skirts, and swayed their graceful figures forward on black stockings and thin high heels to welcome him.
Of course, these women were sharp. With every step they took, their eyes were like scanners, quickly assessing the potential buyer’s attire to make an initial judgment. As their pace quickened, it was clear this visitor showed ’potential.’
After a brief chat with Su Ran and reading his demeanor, their assessment of him as a ’probable client’ deepened.
After all, appearances didn’t always make a ’probable client,’ but during conversation, a fake couldn’t replicate the authenticity of a real one. This group of sales agents had seen more clients than they’d eaten grains of salt.
However, the final confirmation of a genuine client came down to the last step—a financial verification before the viewing.
Most top-tier villa viewings had this requirement. It was meant to filter the clientele and save everyone’s time.
The rich didn’t mind showing their proof of funds, but the not-so-rich would wonder, ’On what grounds?’
Su Ran already knew about the financial verification for luxury properties, so he had printed his recent bank statements beforehand and handed them to the sales lady.
"Please have a seat, Mr. Su."
The agent settled Su Ran down, poured him a cup of tea, and took the statements to the finance department. Along the way, other agents whispered to each other, ’This rich kid is pretty handsome. I wonder which big company owner’s son he is.’
They weren’t talking about money, not really. After all, the villas these agents sold every day were in the tens of millions. Anyone who came to buy, whether young or middle-aged, was one of the handful of tycoons in Jiangning City.
They were just curious about whether each buyer was the city’s richest man, a leader in a certain local industry, and so on...
The sales agent looked at the long list of transactions...
The most recent large expense was 4.87 million.
Regular expenses were all in the tens of thousands.
In a period of less than two months, he had spent a total of 5.82 million.
Just now, when the agent was discussing his needs with Su Ran, she had heard him mention he was a college freshman looking to buy a house to relax in.
’A freshman,’ she thought. ’That means these expenses aren’t for business. They’re purely for his personal lifestyle.’
’That 4.87 million...’
Looking at the date, it was during the summer vacation after the college entrance exams. They figured he must have gotten into Ning University, and his family had rewarded him with a car.
It wasn’t that they were all Sherlock Holmes, but cases of wealthy fathers rewarding their children with luxury cars for getting into university were just too common.
The sales ladies were all very envious of these second-generation rich kids who had already won against 99% of the population right from the womb.
Putting on a smile and grabbing the keys, she turned and walked elegantly toward Su Ran. "Mr. Su, this way, please. Let’s go see the properties."
"Alright."
Su Ran put down his teacup and followed the sales lady, whose name was Bao Rui, into the residential complex.
Along the way, Bao Rui explained the geographical advantages of the complex and the layout of its gardens.
Su Ran quite liked this kind of Chinese-style garden landscape, complete with pavilions, rockeries, and ponds. Whenever he had a question, he would ask, and Bao Rui would explain.
This was the first time Bao Rui had served a client born after 2000. She sighed internally, ’Times really have changed. These new-generation rich kids are so polite.’
’Time,’ she thought, ’eventually cultivates the second and third generations of the nouveau riche into established wealthy families.’
Especially this young stud. His eyes when he smiled were so clear and soothing. He had a kind of wonderful look that Bao Rui found utterly captivating.
Of course, she understood that the smile of a rich kid like him was poison. If you let yourself be charmed and fell for it, you’d be in for a world of hurt.
Because he would be the one playing you, never the other way around.
While she was sizing up Su Ran, Su Ran was also sizing her up.
’This woman likes to spray perfume in the hollows of her shoulders. That way, when the wind blows, the cologne on her fragrant shoulders wafts into a man’s nose. It’s an easy way to get a man’s attention. Probably a tactic to boost her sales, to get rich men to make impulse purchases on villas.’
Su Ran didn’t judge. Everyone had their own way of living; life wasn’t easy for anyone in this society.
He opened his Goddess Authority to look at her data.
He saw the entry under "Private": ’Regularly engages in threesomes.’
’Sorry to have bothered you.’
"Let’s go. We should get back to looking at the houses."
Su Ran immediately averted his gaze, looking straight ahead.
Su Ran’s goal was clear: a large, quiet, standalone villa.
He looked at a few but wasn’t very satisfied. They were the type where the side walls were shared with neighbors. What Su Ran wanted was peace and quiet, the kind with few neighbors around.
"Are there no others?"
"There is one more—a one-of-a-kind legacy estate."
As a salesperson, Bao Rui wouldn’t take you to see the crown jewel right away. She would guide clients through the properties gradually, adding on bit by bit. If she went "all in" at once and scared the client off, they’d be gone for good.
"It’s over there..."
Bao Rui pointed across the Jiangning River. They were at the end of the riverfront, and opposite them was a separate domain, connected to their side by a stone bridge.
"Let’s go take a look."
The two of them stepped onto the stone bridge, and Bao Rui started her sales pitch again.
’...something about how the developer’s CEO originally built it for himself, how the renovations were luxurious, the materials top-notch, but after it was finished, the CEO never moved in...’
She rattled off a long spiel, the gist of which was that the house would be very expensive, but it was worth it. Buying it would be a steal.
Since the developer had intended to live there himself, there was no need to worry about the quality of the materials.
Su Ran just thought the woman was a very smooth talker, going on for ages without even taking a breath. ’Can’t be helped,’ he mused. ’In her eyes, you’re just a walking pile of cash.’
Crossing the stone bridge, they found themselves surrounded by bamboo groves. The property was enclosed by water on three sides, and the entire estate, including the courtyard, covered over 3,000 square meters.
A magnificent Chinese-style mansion appeared before them, seeming to look down on all the other villas across the water with an aloof air.
It had the feel of a secluded retreat, hidden deep in the clouds.
"Mr. Su, this is the legacy estate of Shanglin Fu—Yuxin Garden. Its name comes from a line in the *Shanglin Fu*: ’Her beauty offered, his soul received; his heart delighted by her side.’"
"Oh... ’Her beauty offered, his soul received; his heart delighted by her side’..." Su Ran naturally knew what the line meant.
It meant: "The woman offers her beauty, the man gives his soul; their passions align, and his heart leans to her."
This sentiment of mutual passion between a man and a woman was used to express that the mansion was waiting for its rightful owner.
Undeniably, this phrase made Su Ran feel a certain fondness for the place.
The next second, the sunlight was a bit glaring, and he shielded his eyes. Then, in the second that followed...
A ’Wealth Card’ appeared on the stone lion by the main gate.
Life is full of surprises. A Divine Rich person only needs to enjoy life to receive wealth rewards.
Play with the most expensive, use the best.
He opened the system and captured it directly.
Capture successful.
’DING! Congratulations, Host, on obtaining a Super Wealth Card. The instructions for this card are as follows...’